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Pain is a common accompanying symptom of health problems in old age. It can affect most areas of life for the elderly in the long term. Pain could also be described as an unpleasant experience that can accompany the elderly every day. However, it is also a perfect way of defending the human body from damage and disease. Each individual may react to pain differently and perceive it individually along with specific manifestations. Pain management should be a priority in terms of nursing care for the elderly. Due to changes in the body and the effects of aging, they tend to be most at risk. Nowadays, many seniors suffering from pain also fall into the group of haemato-oncological diseases, which generally include, for example, leukaemia, lymphomas and multiple myeloma. The patient should therefore be informed about pain management options. Individual education, assessment of pain according to available scales and patient cooperation in pain management is one of the basic principles of pain management for the elderly in haemato-oncology. Emphasis should be placed on the role of the nurse in nursing care. The role of the nurse is so irreplaceable, as she spends the most time with the patient and is often the first person to whom the patient confides that he or she is in pain and needs help. The nurse is also able to assess the pain symptoms, intensity and character of the pain despite the possible non-cooperation or seclusion of the elderly person. A necessary condition for successful haemato-oncological pain management in the elderly is the cooperation of the elderly person with the nurse and the doctor.